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Trial delays frustrate Wasike family

There is more frustration for a Des Moines family that's already been through so much.

Updated: 7:41 AM CST Jan 13, 2014

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Trial delays frustrate Wasike family

There is more frustration for a Des Moines family that's already been through so much.

Updated: 7:41 AM CST Jan 13, 2014

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Trial delays frustrate Wasike family

There is more frustration for a Des Moines family that's already been through so much.

Updated: 7:41 AM CST Jan 13, 2014

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WEBVTT More frustration for a Des Moines family that's already been through so much! Late last February Mike Wasike was severely beaten during a carjacking... Two of the suspects were supposed to stand trial starting tomorrow... But KCCI's Marcus McIntosh explains why there is yet ANOTHER delay. Any sense of closure Joan Namachemo hoped to get this week will not happen. The trials 16 year olds leshaun Murray and Terrance Cheeks two of the three teens accused of viciously beating her husband during a car jacking have been postponed again. ============ SOT IN 15:33 JOAN IT IS REALLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I have BEEN WAITING FOR THIS IT IS GOING TO BE ONE YEAR SINCE MIKE WAS INJURED NEXT MONTH SO I WAS PREPARED. ========== This is not the first time Joan has experienced the wheels of justice slowing to a crawl. ========= SOT IN 16:02 THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD TIME IT HAS BEEN POSTPONED SO I SAID MAYBE THAT IS JUS the JUSTICE SYSTEM AGAIN. ========== Des Moines attorney Bill Kutmus , has no tie to this case, but says any and every delay only helps the defense. ============ SOT IN KUTMUS 9:06 MAYBE THERE ARE WITNESSESS THAT NOW BECOME UNAVIALABLE THROUGH DEATH..YOU CANT FIND THEM OR MEMORIES BECOME SHORTENED. ============= Despite that Kutmus admits from what he has about this case...it is a strong one for the prosecution. =========== SOT IN 7:40 IT IS MY UNDEERSTAND ING THAT AT ELEAST ONE OR POSSIBLE TWO OF THE DEFENDANTS OUT FO THE THREE HAVE MADE STATEMENTS THAT AMOUNT TO AN ADMISSION. ============ A comforting thought for a woman who now visits her husband in a rehab facility in Oklahoma ...an man left without the ability to walk or talk after being beaten and his car stolen last February. More comfort for Joan and her family is finding out why. =========== SOT IN 17:51 JOAN... JUSTICE IN MY MIND IS TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS THE MOTIVE OF THEY WERE REALLY THE ONES WHO HIT MY HUSBAND. ============ Joan is hopefull that in 2014 the teens accused of leaving her husband a shell of himself will finally have to answer to the court. Marcus mcIntosh KCCI 8 News Iowas News leader. The trials Cheeks and Murray have been pushed back to April. 17-year old Kenneth Barry is the third suspect... He is also scheduled to stand trail later this year. All three trials are separate -- and all three